April 19, 2024 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Acts 4:1-12
Peter and John Before the Council
4 And as
they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and
the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly
annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the
resurrection from the dead. 3 And they
arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already
evening. 4 But many of those who had
heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
5 On the next day their rulers and elders
and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with
Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of
the high-priestly family. 7 And when
they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name
did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled
with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good
deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the
people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you
well. 11 This Jesus[a] is the
stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b] 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there
is no other name under heaven given among men[c] by which
we must be saved.”
Footnotes
- Acts 4:11 Greek This
one
- Acts 4:11 Greek the
head of the corner
- Acts 4:12 The Greek
word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
Psalm 37:30-33
30 The mouth of the righteous
utters wisdom,
and
his tongue speaks justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
his
steps do not slip.
32 The wicked watches for the
righteous
and
seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not
abandon him to his power
or
let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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